Example sentences of "thing [noun prp] [noun] [vb past] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Tellenor , according to the Jura alien , they have mastered the technique of passing through solid objects — one of the things Mr Marr said was worst about the Tellenoreans was that you never quite knew when they were there . |
| 2 | The very next thing Little Billy saw was a tiny face at the window . |
| 3 | The last thing South Africa needed was for tourists , especially British tourists , to be murdered on the beaches . |
| 4 | About to join a battle royal with Britain and Germany over his ambitious plans for a 30 per cent increase in the EC budget , the last thing Mr Delors wanted was more tales of bogus food exports . |
| 5 | The last thing Michael Harvey wanted was to be drawn into a personal discussion . |